Samo Nights
Cosmic G, Facets & Contrada
Night Club 101101 Avenue A, New York, NY 10009 · Map
This night happened — Thu 15 May 2025
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Who was billed3 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
Set times were not published.
Most of these pairings were meeting for the first time that night.
the pairs that have met
2 of the 3 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- Cosmic G and Facets — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 15 May 2025.
Who they are
“New York-based Facets has a passion for all things dark synth, leftfield, techno, electro, new beat, EBM, acid, italo-disco, trance, and beyond.”
their own biography
the whole biography
New York-based Facets has a passion for all things dark synth, leftfield, techno, electro, new beat, EBM, acid, italo-disco, trance, and beyond. Facets' music has been described as "made for the sweaty confines of the dancefloor's fog-filled spaces—ones that flicker with strobes and neon lights, alight from the energy of the crowd." Hot on the heels of his recent releases on Optimo Music, KRI, Dischi Autunno, Ombra International, Skylax, Soil Records, Khoinix, and Electric Shapes. More original music from Facets will be out soon on Sonic Groove, Pinkman, and more. Over the years, Facets has been releasing edits on his personal channel and other outlets such as Calypso's 12" edits Correcciones series, Blkmarket’s vinyl-only Party Edits, Slow Motion, Death on Wax, Amor Fati, Hard Fist, Italo Moderni, Deep House Amsterdam, and more. Facets has been billed with some of the scene's top talent, such as Ivan Smagghe, John Talabot, Ellen Allien, Vladimir Ivkovic, Moritz von Oswald, Adam X, Kim Ann Foxman, Curses, Perel, Phase Fatale, David Vunk, Charlotte de Witte, and lots more, Eli Escobar, David Carretta, Lindstrom, Interstellar Funk, Reka, Tornado Wallace, Franz Scala, Augustus Muller (Boy Hasher) and lots more. He has played in underground venues such as Panorama Bar, Bar Americas, RSO, Sunday Sunday, La Terrrazza, Moth Club, Else, Le Rachdingue, Mali Barbarellas, Good Room, Public Records, Klub 20/44, and more, across the US, Mexico, and Europe. Facets is the founder of Samo Records and Samo Nights, the club night associated with the label. Over the years, he has booked the likes of Black Merlin, Manfredas, Joakim, Hugo Capablanca, Andi, Sacha Mambo, Willie Burns, Wrecked, Sharlese, DatKat (Analog Soul), In Flagranti, DJ Overdose, Cosmo Vitelli, Bustie, Patrick Russell, Sharif Laffrey, Heap, and more. Samo Records is a label exploring the darker, moodier side of electronic music. Some of the artists featured on the label so far include: Anatolian Weapons, Local Suicide, Skelesys, Intergalactic Gary, Tutto Vetro aka Curses, DC Salas, Neud Photo, Antoni Maiovvi, Zombies in Miami, Fabrizio Mammarella, Balam to name a few. He hosts a show at The Lot Radio, which has included artists featured at the label-related parties and/or on previous releases. Facets is the founder of Italomatic, Brooklyn's premier italo-disco, new wave, freestyle, and synth party.EBM on 18, Techno on 10, New Beat on 9 and Electro on 7. styles on their catalogued releasesReleased on Eskimo Recordings (2), Blkmarket Underground Music Party Edits (1) and KRI (3) (1); their RA profile also lists Optimo Music, Samo Records, Calypso Records, Dischi Autunno and 1 more. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profileRecently at Eavesdrop, Gabriela, Danger Danger · often with Andi, Rok One, Italomatic, none of them here that night
Last at Danger Danger in Dec 2024 · often with Dr Miracle, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- Andi22 with Facets
- Rok One15 with Facets
- Italomatic12 with Facets
- Midnight Magic3 with Facets
- ACID BOGEN2 with Facets
- Beartrax2 with Facets
- Franz Scala2 with Facets
- HOPPER2 with Facets
39 said they were going.
The room
Night Club 101 — 68 events and 201 distinct artists since Jan 2025.
Holds about 100.
Who put it on
Samo — 12 events and 23 artists since Dec 2023.